The Big Weekend music festival in Cambridge has been canceled because, in its current form, the council deemed it to be too expensive.
At a meeting on Thursday, the majority of council members on Cambridge City Council decided to call an end to the annual celebration.
The Labour-led authority claimed that by not hosting it, it would save £113,000 annually.
Some of the "most valuable aspects" of the weekend, according to Alex Collis of the council executive, could be incorporated into other occasions.
Despite hearing people's concerns about canceling the event on Parker's pc\., Ms. Collis, executive councillor for open spaces, food justice, and community development, said it was "expensive" and could not go on as it was.
You can calculate it because we have, she said, "Infrastructure costs are up across all events, and sponsorships are down.
"Parties are great when you can afford them, but times are tough," fellow Labour councilor Martin Smart said at the meeting. ".
The Liberal Democrat group argued the council should continue with the event this year, the Local Democracy Reporting Service reported. The decision was met with criticism from some opposition councillors.
The cancellation of the event, according to Liberal Democrat councilwoman Lucy Nethsingha, was "shocking.".
Labour's Anna Smith, the council's leader, said the authority did not want to have to decide whether it could continue to support the festival but that it would need to find about £11 million in savings over the following five years.
